Heinz Oehler

Heinz Oehler (born February 1, 1920 in Altenburg ; † September 26, 1973 ) was a German trade unionist . He was chairman of the central board of the industrial union printing and paper in the FDGB and director of the union college "Fritz Heckert" .

Life

Oehler, son of a working-class family, attended elementary school and completed an apprenticeship as a book printer in Altenburg. Then he worked in the profession. In 1939 he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and later for military service in the Wehrmacht . In 1945 Oehler was taken prisoner by the British in Schleswig-Holstein .

In 1945 he returned to Altenburg and worked there again as a book printer until 1950. In 1945 he joined the FDGB and in 1946 the SED . In 1950 he became chairman of the company union management in the "Pierersche Druckerei" in Altenburg. In 1951 he studied at the "Fritz Heckert" union college in Bernau near Berlin . Between 1951 and 1960 he taught at the FDGB University. Between 1955 and 1961, Oehler completed a distance learning course at the SED's "Karl Marx" party college , which he graduated with a degree in social science.

In 1960 he became the head of the teaching department at the FDGB University, and in 1960/61 he was deputy director of the university. From October 1961 to January 1966, Oehler was chairman of the central board of IG Druck und Papier. From 1966 he worked again as deputy director and was then director of the FDGB University from 1969 to 1973. In 1972 he was appointed professor.

From 1961 until his death in 1973, Oehler was a member of the FDGB's federal executive committee. He was also the longstanding President of the International Standing Committee of the Graphic Industry Trade Unions.

Oehler died after a short, serious illness at the age of 53.

Fonts (selection)

• Author collective (under the direction of Heinz Oehler): Hundred years of struggle of the unions of the graphic workers. Contribution to the development of trade union organizations in the graphic industry from the establishment of the German Book Printers Association in 1866 to the present day . Grandstand, Berlin 1966.
• Trade union interest representation in shaping the developed social system of socialism in the GDR . University of the German trade unions "Fritz Heckert", Bernau 1969.
• The leading role of the SED - basis of the successful activity of the FDGB in shaping the socialist society. Colloquium in honor of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the SED . University of the German trade unions "Fritz Heckert", Bernau 1971.
• The trade union education work in the Free German Trade Union Confederation [= International Trade Union Problems , No. 5]. University of the German trade unions "Fritz Heckert", Bernau 1971.
  • French: Le travail de formation de la Confédération des syndicats libres allemands (FDGB)
  • English: The educational Work of the Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (FDGB)

Awards

• Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1965)

literature

• Colleague Professor Heinz Oehler in memory . In: Druck und Papier 22 (1973), no. 12, p. 190.
• Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 247.
• Gabriele Baumgartner: Oehler, Heinz . In: dies., Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 611.
• Andreas Herbst: Oehler, Heinz . In: Dieter Dowe , Karlheinz Kuba, Manfred Wilke (Hrsg.): FDGB-Lexikon. Function, structure, cadre and development of a mass organization of the SED (1945–1990). Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86872-240-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Germany , July 7, 1965, p. 2.